Hitman (Adventure Time)
| "Hitman" | |
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| Adventure Time episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 4 |
| Directed by | Larry Leichliter |
| Written by |
Jesse Moynihan Bert Youn |
| Story by | Mark Banker Kent Osborne Patrick McHale Pendleton Ward |
| Production code | 1008-055 |
| Original air date | August 1, 2011 |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
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"Hitman" is the name for the fourth episode of the third season of the American animated television series Adventure Time. The episode was written and storyboarded by Jesse Moynihan and Bert Youn, from a story by Mark Banker, Kent Osborne, Patrick McHale, and series creator Pendleton Ward. It originally aired on Cartoon Network on August 1, 2011.
The series follows the adventures of Finn (voiced by Jeremy Shada), a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake (voiced by John DiMaggio), a dog with magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. In this episode, the Ice King (voiced by Tom Kenny), after being grounded by Finn and Jake, hires a hitman named Scorcher to go after them, thinking that Scorcher will merely punch them. But when he sees the hitman attempting to kill Finn and Jake the Ice King plans to save them.
"Hitman" was the first and only episode of the series to have been boarded by Moynihan and Youn. Because the latter was serving in the South Korean military, the two had to work on the episode via the Internet. The episode was watched by 2.273 million people and received largely positive critical reviews, with many calling the episode a highlight of the season.
The Ice King is grounded for four weeks after Finn and Jake upset one of his schemes to kidnap Breakfast Princess. Angered, the Ice King seeks a "hitman" to punch Finn and Jake; however the hitman that he hires, Scorcher, is an assassin, who tries to murder the duo, first by setting their tree house on fire, and then by trying to asphyxiate them. Both schemes are thwarted by the Ice King, who does not intend for Finn and Jake to die.
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